m4_argn

2009-04-22 Thread Eric Blake
I noticed a recent patch in the bison testsuite that attempted to extract $10: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2009-04/msg00083.html +# Sigh. Some M4's can't reference arg 10 directly. +m4_pushdef([arg10], m4_car(m4_shiftn(9, $@))) This is O(n) extraction, since m4_shiftn is

Re: Fixing trivial grammaros

2009-04-22 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Paolo, * Paolo Bonzini wrote on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 09:40:14AM CEST: For example, you would use @code{AC_FC_SRCEXT(f90)} to employ the -...@file{.f90} extension in future tests, and it would set a +...@file{.f90} extension in future tests, and it would set an @code{FCFLAGS_f90}

Re: maintainer mode parallel make issue

2009-04-22 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Eric, * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:11:12PM CEST: * Eric Blake wrote on Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 06:44:17PM CEST: But the point remains that we DO want perl's flock to work for cross-process locking (automake and autoconf both need a lock on autom4te.cache/requests, to

Re: maintainer mode parallel make issue

2009-04-22 Thread Eric Blake
Ralf Wildenhues Ralf.Wildenhues at gmx.de writes: Yes, definitely. And a testsuite addition to Autoconf or Automake to ensure this would be good, I guess. Proposed patch against Autoconf. Tested on GNU/Linux and Cygwin: as it cygwin 1.5.x, I presume? is, the patch hasn't caused a

Re: Fixing trivial grammaros

2009-04-22 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf Wildenhues on 4/21/2009 2:48 PM: At least we're consistent in using the term 'AC_CONFIG_FOOS' throughout the manual. But on rereading this, I think I'd like: @code{ac_conf...@var{foos}} better, since it emphasizes that FOOS

Re: 2.63b autotest vs. bison testsuite

2009-04-22 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Eric Blake on 4/15/2009 2:05 PM: I'm wondering whether s/AT_CHECK_NOESCAPE/AT_CHECK_EXPAND/g would be good. Even with that, the name makes me think that the macro would do something different with its first argument, rather than

Re: RFC: proposed GPLv3 license exception draft

2009-04-22 Thread Tim Post
Hi Ralf, On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 20:46 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: 0. Definitions Covered Code is any source code and/or object code of Autoconf that is a covered work under this License. Eligible Output Material is Covered Code that is included in the standard, minimally verbose,

trouble adding new macros to my configure.ac

2009-04-22 Thread Nina Nordstrom
Hello, I have an autoconf problem I am trying to solve: Basically I need to add new macros and use them in configure.ac... specifically, I would like to add a macro called AX_GCC_ARCHFLAG found in the autoconf macro archive somewhere in my package and then it in my configure.ac Problem is, how do

Re: trouble adding new macros to my configure.ac

2009-04-22 Thread Alberto Luaces
El Miércoles 22 Abril 2009ES 10:52:05 Nina Nordstrom escribió: Hello, I have an autoconf problem I am trying to solve: Basically I need to add new macros and use them in configure.ac... specifically, I would like to add a macro called AX_GCC_ARCHFLAG found in the autoconf macro archive

Re: autoheader: warning: missing template

2009-04-22 Thread Sam Steingold
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Noah Misch n...@leadboat.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 05:51:33PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: cd vacall PATH/autoheader --include=PATH autoheader: warning: missing template: __IREG_FLOAT_RETURN__ autoheader: Use AC_DEFINE([__IREG_FLOAT_RETURN__], [],

How to specify /var/lib in autoconf?

2009-04-22 Thread David Bruce
Hi, I'm about to start modifying my program (Tux Typing) so as to allow creation of custom word lists. The gist is that I need to have modifiable files that are visible to all users. I have been told by knowledgable people that the appropriate location for these files would be /var/lib/tuxtype,

Re: autoheader: warning: missing template

2009-04-22 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Sam, * Sam Steingold wrote on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:10:42PM CEST: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Noah Misch n...@leadboat.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 05:51:33PM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote: cd vacall PATH/autoheader --include=PATH autoheader: warning: missing template:

testing macros and programs on different systems

2009-04-22 Thread Lorenzo Bettini
Hi is there a free service providing network access to different systems (OS and hardware) to test your own open source programs (in particular configuration step)? HP TestDrive seems to have shut down... thanks in advance Lorenzo -- Lorenzo Bettini, PhD in Computer Science, DI,

Re: RFC: proposed GPLv3 license exception draft

2009-04-22 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Russ Allbery wrote on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:21:43AM CEST: You have permission to propagate output of Autoconf, even if such propagation would otherwise violate the terms of GPLv3. Is there something that defines propagate to include creation and distribution of derivative works? Yes,

Re: RFC: proposed GPLv3 license exception draft

2009-04-22 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello, * Robert Collins wrote on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 02:41:31AM CEST: 2. No Weakening of Autoconf Copyleft. The availability of this Exception does not imply any general presumption that third-party software is unaffected by the copyleft requirements of the license of Autoconf. I

Re: RFC: proposed GPLv3 license exception draft

2009-04-22 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 23:30 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: I guess you're saying here that the definition is not strict enough to prevent abuses, right? Yes, of IANAL :). -Rob signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___

Re: RFC: proposed GPLv3 license exception draft

2009-04-22 Thread Russ Allbery
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de writes: * Russ Allbery wrote on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:21:43AM CEST: Is there something that defines propagate to include creation and distribution of derivative works? Yes, propagate is defined in the GPLv3 text in `0. Definitions.': To

Re: trouble adding new macros to my configure.ac

2009-04-22 Thread John Calcote
On 4/22/2009 2:52 AM, Nina Nordstrom wrote: Hello, I have an autoconf problem I am trying to solve: Basically I need to add new macros and use them in configure.ac... specifically, I would like to add a macro called AX_GCC_ARCHFLAG found in the autoconf macro archive somewhere in my package and

Re: How to specify /var/lib in autoconf?

2009-04-22 Thread Russell Shaw
David Bruce wrote: Hi, I'm about to start modifying my program (Tux Typing) so as to allow creation of custom word lists. The gist is that I need to have modifiable files that are visible to all users. I have been told by knowledgable people that the appropriate location for these files would

Re: How to specify /var/lib in autoconf?

2009-04-22 Thread John Calcote
Hi David, On 4/22/2009 11:52 AM, David Bruce wrote: Hi, I'm about to start modifying my program (Tux Typing) so as to allow creation of custom word lists. The gist is that I need to have modifiable files that are visible to all users. I have been told by knowledgable people that the

Re: How to specify /var/lib in autoconf?

2009-04-22 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to David Bruce on 4/22/2009 11:52 AM: Anyway, how do I specify this in an autotools-based program? The closest predefined variable seems to be localstatedir, but the autoconf manual says it is $prefix/var. My Debian system doesn't have

Re: testing macros and programs on different systems

2009-04-22 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Lorenzo Bettini on 4/22/2009 12:27 PM: Hi is there a free service providing network access to different systems (OS and hardware) to test your own open source programs (in particular configuration step)? gcc has a compile farm,

Re: trouble adding new macros to my configure.ac

2009-04-22 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to John Calcote on 4/22/2009 5:09 PM: Problem is, how do I do that? I tried to add this macro (and the prerequisites) inside aclocal.m4, but it seems aclocal.m4 gets autogenerated by aclocal whenever autoconf makes the configure script.